Deus

See also: deus and déus

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdews/ [ˈd̪ews̺]
• Rhymes: -ews
• Hyphenation: Deus

Proper noun

Deus m

1. God (in a Christian context)
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Sòs mentes en Deus do Céo,
     agarimo podo achàr,
     pois cuitadiña de min;
     já non teño Pay, nin Nay!

     Just in God of Heaven
     shelter I can find
     Because, pity me,
     No longer I have mum or dad

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Deus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Deus”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Deus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Deus”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Etymology

From deus (“god, deity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈde.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.us]

Proper noun

Deus m sg (genitive Deī); irregular, second declension

1. God
   • 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullianus, Adversus Marcionem 1.29.8:

     Gratus esses, o dee haeretice, si isses in dispositionem Creatoris

     You would be thankful, oh you heretic god [of Marcion's], if you checked the allotment of the Creator

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Genesis.28.13:

     Ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui et Deus Isaac

     I am the Lord God, of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Psalmi.29.3, (Psalms 30:2 in modern numbering):

     Domine Deus meus, clamavi ad te et sanasti me

     God my lord, I called you and you healed me

Declension

Second-declension noun (irregular), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Deus
genitive	Deī
dative	Deō
accusative	Deum
ablative	Deō
vocative	Deus1 Dee2

¹Rare during the Classical period.
²From Late Latin onwards.

Derived terms

• ad Deum
• Agnus Dei
• Opus Dei
• domine Deus
  • Western Romance:
    • Judeo-Italian: דוּמֵידֵית (Dumedet)
  • Eastern Romance
    • Romanian: Dumnezeu
    • Aromanian: Dumnidzã, Dumidze, Dumãdze
  • Italian: Domeneddio
  • Old French: Damnedeu
  • Old Occitan: Domerdieus
    • Occitan: Domnideu

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic
  • Emilian: Dio
  • Ligurian: Dê, Dîo
  • Lombard: Dio, Dia, Dé
  • Piedmontese: De
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: Diu
  • Dalmatian: Di, Dai
  • Istriot: Deîo
  • Italian: Dio
  • Sicilian: Deu, Diu
• Occitano-Romance
  • Catalan: Déu
  • Old Occitan: Dieu, Deu
    • Occitan: Dieu
• Old French: Deu, Dieu
  • Middle French: Dieu
    • French: Dieu (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman:

    Cotentinais: Dùu

    Guernésiais: Dju, Gyu

    Jèrriais: Dgieu

    Sercquiais: Dji

  • Picard: Diu
  • Walloon: Diu, Dié
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: Diu
  • Ladin: Dî
  • Romansh: Dieu
• Sardinian: Déu
• Venetan: Dio
• West Iberian
  • Aragonese: Dios
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: Dios
    • Extremaduran: Dios
    • Fala: Dios
    • Leonese: Dious
    • Mirandese: Dius
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Deus
    • Galician: Deus
    • Portuguese: Deus, Deos (obsolete), D'us (Judaism)
      • → Japanese: デウス (Deusu)
  • Old Spanish: Dios
    • Ladino: Dyo, Dio, דיו
      • → Portuguese: Dio (Judeo-Portuguese)
    • Spanish: Dios

Old French

Proper noun

Deus m

1. nominative singular of Deu

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.us/, /dɛu̯s/

Proper noun

Deus

1. God

Descendants

• Galician: Deus
• Portuguese: Deus

Old Occitan

Proper noun

Deus

1. nominative singular of Deu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Deos (obsolete)
• D'us (Judaism)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdews/ [ˈdeʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdews/ [ˈdeʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdewʃ/ [ˈdeʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdewʃ/

• Audio (Northeast Brazil):

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• Homophone: deus
• Hyphenation: Deus

Proper noun

Deus m

1. God (the deity of monotheistic religions)
   • 2015, Alfred Lang, Avô, o que é Deus?, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 24:

     “Boa pergunta, Emmazinha. Deus é amor puro, Deus é omnisciente (sabe tudo), ele não comete erros, Deus existe para todos igualmente, Deus é o criador e preservador da nossa terra e de todo o universo, Deus é a piedade e a misericórdia, Deus existe em toda a parte da natureza, em cada pedra, árvore, flor, animal e em cada ser humano.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• deus

Descendants

• → Japanese: デウス (Deusu)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeus/, [ˈdeː.u.zŭ]

Proper noun

Deus m

1. God